Free Miscellaneous Topics in Chicago
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Carbon Pricing – What’s In It for You?
Mike Zanillo, Illinois State Coordinator, Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL)
There’s growing support for carbon pricing as a necessary step to address climate change. It’s supported by 88 countries and a broad array of public interest groups yet most Americans know very little about carbon pricing. MORE >
The discussion related to Climate Change can be confusing to many. Often, there is uncertainty of what Climate Change is, what are its effects and what can be done about it.The Citizens Climate Lobby, is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization that provides presentations to groups such as Rotary Clubs, Kiwanis Clubs, League of Women Voters groups, college clubs and other local groups.
The presentation will educate, enable, and entertain your group members. The presentation can include short videos, slides, stories and time for audience questions. While the length of the presentation is at your discretion, the following topics will be covered.
Come to learn how Carbon Pricing:
• Is viewed as the most effective policy for climate action
• Will speed a transition to renewable energy
• Considered as being a fair and just policy
• Provides co-benefits of economic growth and jobs
• Is gaining support on a bi-partisan basis
• How you can support a carbon pricing policyAfter participating in our meetings, participants often feel more informed, energized and hopeful for a future stable climate. There will be no solicitation of donations or attempts to sell anything.
Please contact me if you would like to discuss this opportunity for a presentation of this timely topic.
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Diamonds: When it’s time to sell learn how to maximize your diamond’s resale value
Chris LaTrobe, Founder, Diadem
Approximately 100 million American baby boomers will be reaching retirement age over the next decade. Over 20 million seniors are already over the age of 75 and many have diamonds to sell. Your audience will walk away with a professional sales strategy along with unique insights into a secretive industry that will make all the difference when it comes time to sell. MORE >
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Domestic Violence: Treating the Abuser
Rob Johnson, LCPC, Crossroads Counseling of Chicago
It is not widely recognized that the perpetrators of domestic violence need help. In Partner Abuse Intervention, participants learn skills for handling conflict. Rob will discuss the background, curriculum and outcome of this intervention.
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Elder Mediation
Karin McNicholas & Dennis McNicholas, Mediation Services
Mediation allows families to explore mutually acceptable solutions to difficult problems with parents and elderly relatives. It encourages creative problem solving within the private family setting rather than relying upon the legal system to resolve these issues.
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Enhance Your Communications Skills
Karin McNicholas & Dennis McNicholas, Mediation Services
This husband/wife team has been successfully training individuals, families and groups in effective communications for 12 years.
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Fatal Incident
Jim Proebstle, Author
Inspired by the true events of an Air Transport Command aircraft disaster in Alaska in 1944, Fatal Incident reveals the dark secrets of a WW II conspiracy and cover-up of how twenty U.S. military deaths have gone unsolved for over 70 years. The story will attract men and women interested in intrigue, Russian espionage, and heart-pounding drama; as the human emotions and lives of people in love, separated by war, are changed forever. MORE >
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Get a Great Date – Do You Know What Holds You Back?
Molly Hillig Rodriguez, Molly Hillig, RN, MPH, Relationship Expert, Molly Hillig Rodriguez - Empower Yourself Coaching
The truth is there are no tricks, no gimmicks, just steps to evolve yourself into a stellar dater and find great love. Each human desires to have a great dating career and find love. Learn to do it! This interactive workshop will change the way you look at dating. Too many people today look at dating all wrong and are left feeling overwhelmed. They do not have the right dating tools. MORE >
What you will learn:
How to date with meaning and success this year
Why people ghost, bail or turn out to be not what you hoped?
How to see results with your time and money
How to be more attractiveYou will learn great dating skills, the best and successful daters in the world know them.
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Injuries on the Job: Navigating a Complicated Illinois Workers’ Compensation System
Paul Byck, Lawyer / Partner, Kreiter, Byck and Associates, LLC
Many who suffer work related injuries have no idea what their rights are. Even worse, because of their vulnerability, they rely on the assistance of insurance adjusters - the very people whose job it is to deny or limit their benefits. There are many risks with this approach that could be detrimental to the injured party's claim. MORE >
The lecture will focus on how to navigate a complicated workers' compensation system in Illinois, and the risks associated with trusting insurance companies to do the right thing. It will include common requests by insurance adjusters that seem harmless, but can have real consequences. The lecture will also emphasize the importance of managing a claim proactively.This lecture should interest any person, group or profession that is at high risk of suffering work injuries.
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Measuring Results From Training
Bette Lawrence-Water, Founder and Principal Consultant, Spectrum Strategic Solutions
Although we all know that training can have many amazing benefits, sometimes it can be hard to prove those benefits and attach a dollar value to training. Some topics, like sales training or time management, might have direct, tangible benefits. Other topics, like communication or leadership, might have benefits that you can’t put a dollar value on. MORE >
Through this discussion participants will learn about the different ways to evaluate training progress, and how to use those results to demonstrate the results that training brings. Once the training has been evaluated the next step is to modify and updated the curriculum to create a content that is better suited for the participants.Presentation Objectives:
• Understand learning styles and learning cycle
• Understand levels of evaluation
• Be familiar with many types of evaluation tools, including goal setting, tests, reactionary sheets, interviews, observations, hip-pocket assessments, skill assessments, and learning journals
• Understand when to use each type of evaluation tool
• Be able to perform a needs assessment
• Know how to write learning objectives and link them to evaluation
• Be able to write an evaluation plan to evaluate learning at each stage of the training and far beyond
• Know how to identify the costs, benefits, and return on investment of training
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Personal Safety and Self Defense
Joe Rosner, Self-Defense Teacher, Best Defense of Illinois
Joe will tell how to recognize and avoid dangerous situations and how to react to them if necessary. Programs are available for realtors, healthcare professionals as well as the general audience.